The Hawthorn Recovery Unit is an older adults mental health service offering assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation on an outpatient basis.
The multidisciplinary team works closely together to provide individualized support and treatment.
This role will suit you if you like working in a busy team and are highly motivated to provide good clinical care that respects the individual.
Main duties of the job
The clinical support worker supports recovery and independence through engagement in activity on a group and individual basis, working closely with the care coordinators in the team to meet individual needs. About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. Our Five-Year Strategy: We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. With our partners in North London and each borough, we will ensure equity of outcome for all. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care. We will be more effective as an organization by pioneering research, quality improvement, and technology. In order to meet the needs of the Trust, you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that falls under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis. Job responsibilities
The Clinical Support Worker: Plans and runs group and individual sessions, grading activities to enable inclusion for those with hearing or sight impairment or communication difficulties. Contacts service users by phone to prompt for appointments. Carries out physical health monitoring under the guidance of care coordinators. Links with the ward to make first contact with new referrals to establish rapport and invite them to appointments. Completes progress notes in patient electronic records. Carries out environmental and safety checks for the service. Books, checks, and cancels hospital transport online or by phone. Participates in team service improvements. Person Specification
Skills
Able to plan and run group and individual sessions, grading to meet individual ability, and adapting activities to enable clients to participate, taking account of visual or hearing impairment, reduced mobility, memory problems, high levels of anxiety, reduced motivation and/or concentration, and communication difficulties. Able to adapt own communication and approach to facilitate people experiencing hearing or sight impairment, cognitive changes, or high anxiety. Experience
Experience of working with people through activity. Additional Skills
Able to prioritize and problem-solve within the daily management of work. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. £28,622 to £30,225 a year per annum, including HCAS (pro rata).
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The clinical support worker supports recovery and independence through engagement in activity on a group and individual basis, working closely with the care coordinators in the team to meet individual needs. About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. Our Five-Year Strategy: We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. With our partners in North London and each borough, we will ensure equity of outcome for all. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care. We will be more effective as an organization by pioneering research, quality improvement, and technology. In order to meet the needs of the Trust, you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that falls under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis. Job responsibilities
The Clinical Support Worker: Plans and runs group and individual sessions, grading activities to enable inclusion for those with hearing or sight impairment or communication difficulties. Contacts service users by phone to prompt for appointments. Carries out physical health monitoring under the guidance of care coordinators. Links with the ward to make first contact with new referrals to establish rapport and invite them to appointments. Completes progress notes in patient electronic records. Carries out environmental and safety checks for the service. Books, checks, and cancels hospital transport online or by phone. Participates in team service improvements. Person Specification
Skills
Able to plan and run group and individual sessions, grading to meet individual ability, and adapting activities to enable clients to participate, taking account of visual or hearing impairment, reduced mobility, memory problems, high levels of anxiety, reduced motivation and/or concentration, and communication difficulties. Able to adapt own communication and approach to facilitate people experiencing hearing or sight impairment, cognitive changes, or high anxiety. Experience
Experience of working with people through activity. Additional Skills
Able to prioritize and problem-solve within the daily management of work. Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. £28,622 to £30,225 a year per annum, including HCAS (pro rata).
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